Photo Gallery Horror War in the Caucusus
A convoy from Russia: A line of empty Russia busses heads to South Ossetia to evacuate the injured and refugees.
Attack: A Russian mobile artillery unit fires at a Georgian position.
Reinforcements: Heavily armed Russian units head towards the Georgian border.
After the attack: An injured Georgian woman in the town of Gori cries for help. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town and killed at least five people.
Black smoke over Gori: Large parts of the town were destroyed after hours of attacks.
Ashes and rubble: A stunned resident looks at the rubble in front of his house in Gori.
Destruction: Russian bombs caused fires in numerous buildings in Gori.
State of shock: A woman cries in front of a hospital in Gori following an attack by Russian fighter jets.
Mourning amidst the rubble: A Georgian man cries next to the body of a relative who died in Gori.
A burning apartment building in Gori: Russian aircraft bombed the Georgian city on Saturday.
A Russian soldier in the mountains: The Russian army said it had taken the South Ossetian capital city of Tskhinvali on Saturday. The Georgians, however, denied the report.
Soldiers in Gori, 80 kilometers from the Georgian capital city Tbilisi. According to reports, Russian bombing sorties caused numerous civilian casualties here.
A convoy of Russian troops makes it way through the Caucuses: US President George W. Bush spoke Saturday of a "dangerous escalation" and said Washington was talking to all sides in an effort to secure a peaceful solution to the crisis.
A Georgian soldier stands in front of a burning apartment building in Gori: Russia claims that ...
... 1,500 people have already died in fighting in the breakaway province of South Ossetia.
Preparing for battle: Georgian soldiers in Gori
Finding calm before getting deployed: Georgian President Sakkashvili has called for a cease-fire.
Georgian tank: President Saakashvili claimed Saturday that Georgian troops had shot down 10 Russian fighter jets.
Soldiers getting deployed: Georgian President Saakashvili accused Russia of ...
... of having planned Friday's escalation of the military conflict for months. In this picture, clouds of smoke are shown over Gori.
A moment of rest: A Georgian reservist takes a moment to relax in Gori.
